Olympiacos celebrates a precious double in Munich, which beat Bayern with a score of 76-72, in the 25th game of the Euroleague, thus making it 2/2 in the penultimate “devil’s week” of the season.
The game was thrilling from start to finish, with 16 lead changes, with the final minutes being… a thriller. But the Piraeus found the necessary solutions both offensively and defensively, reaching a very big victory in view of the continuation. At 14-11 the Red and Whites went up, at 10-15 the Bavarians fell.
On the other hand, Serge Ibaka and Sylvain Francisco each had 18 points.
The game started with both teams being quite nervous and not getting the best options offensively. However, Bayern was the first to find a rhythm, running a partial 7-3 lead by Ibaka, but a 4-0 run by Olympiakos brought the match to 7-7 at 5′. From there, Brazdeikis took over with back-to-back baskets and foul shots, with the Reds and Whites going on a 6-2 run to make it 13-9. The Bavarians in turn went ahead thanks to 14-13, but the Piraeus were the ones who closed the quarter at +4 with 18-14.
At the start of the second period Harris was excellent for the Germans, taking aggressively on his backs in the set of Pablo Lasso who led 20-19. Several lead changes followed, with neither team able to escape. Bayern found themselves at 27-26, but a 5-0 run by Papanikolaou gave Olympiakos a +4 lead at 31-27. An individual 11-4 by the Bavarians, however, sent them to +3 thanks to 38-35, a result with which the two opponents went to the locker room for the break.
The start of the third period had Ibaka unstoppable and scoring with relative ease, as a result of which the Germans found themselves at +7 (44-37) at 23′. However, Olympiacos had an answer and with a 4-0 run reduced to 44-41 at 25′. The Red and Whites found solutions offensively with Walkup and making a partial 7-3 went ahead with the score 48-47. Barzoka’s players were able to maintain the lead and closed the quarter at +3 with 54-51.
Olympiacos started the last period strongly, reaching +9 for the first time (60-51) led by the terrible Walkap. Bayern’s response was immediate with Ibaka leading the way, going on an 8-0 run to cut it to 60-59. The game then became a derby, with both teams hitting long shots with the Red and Whites leading 68-65 at 36′. The match continued to be close, with Giorgos Bartzokas’ team being at +3 (70-67) at 38′. In the last phases the Piraeus were very cool, they found points with shots from Petrusev and Larentzakis, thus reaching the final 76-72 and the pink match sheet.
THE DECADES: 14-18, 38-35, 51-54, 72-76
BAYERN MUNICH (Lasso): Wyler-Bubb 6 (1/2 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 1/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 assists), Francisco 18 (3/6 2-pointers, 3/4 3-pointers, 3/3 shots, 3 assists), Edwards 2 (0/7 shots), Gifai 4, Radoncic, Bonga 4, Bolmaro 1 (0/5 shots), Lucic 8 (2 three-pointers, 5 rebounds), Obst (0/4 shots), Ibaka 18 (7/11 two-pointers , 1/1 3-pointer, 1/1 shot, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks), Harris 9 (4/4 2-pointers, 4 rebounds), Brankovich 2
OLYMPIAKOS (Bartzokas): Walkup 16 (5/10 2-pointers, 1/1 3-pointer, 3/4 shots, 8 assists), Williams-Goss (4/7 2-pointers, 2 rebounds, 2 assists), Wright 2 (1/4 2-pointers, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block), Kanan (0/2 2-pointers, 0/2 3-pointers), Larentzakis 8 (2/4 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Mitrou-Long (0/1 3-pointer , 2 errors), Papanikolaou 5 (1), Brazdeikis 11 (4/7 2-pointers, 3/3 shots, 5 rebounds), Peters 7 (2/3 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Petrusev 14 (6/ 7 pts, 2/2 shots), Sikma, McKissick 5 (1)
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